Siddaramaiah holds breakfast meeting with tech company CEOs ahead of Bengaluru Tech Summit
Siddaramaiah was elected as the chief minister in May after Congress won the state elections earlier this year.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah last week said the NEP will be scrapped in the state from the next academic year.
The petitioner alleged that Siddaramaiah, during the recently concluded Assembly Elections, "indulged in corrupt practice during the election period".
The Chief Minister met Shah on Wednesday night and held discussions regarding the supply of rice to the state, for its 'Anna Bhagya' scheme, which provides an additional 5 kg of rice for each member of BPL families.
Karnataka Shakti Scheme: This scheme was launched in an attempt to increase the work participation rate of women, as well as promote public transportation in the state. A 'Shakti Smart Card' will be issued after receiving applications from women travellers through the Seva Sindhu portal.
The Congress government in the state is indulging in tactics realising that it will default on the guarantees, the former chief minister said, suggesting that the Siddaramaiah regime put the money into the bank account of the beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer, until it makes necessary arrangements for rice.
The special court exclusively to deal with criminal cases related to elected former and sitting MPs/MLAs has taken cognisance of the offences under Sections 499 (defamation) and 500 (punishment for defamation) of the Indian Penal Code and posted the case for recording the sworn statement on July 27.
He said various communities will be given provisions based on the survey data.
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"Their cross subsidization model will not work in the long run & will only make cost of living dearer for citizens," BJP's firebrand MP Tejasvi Surya said.
The Gruha Jyothi scheme to provide 200 units free electricity per month to every household will be implemented from July 1, Siddaramaiah said.
The Congress had said that it will implement these schemes if it formed a government in Karnataka. The party stormed into the Vidhana Soudha by winning 135 out of 224 seats winning an absolute majority.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had been overseeing these two portfolios after the initial allocation of portfolios for the ministers on May 28.
In his letter to Shinde, which was also marked to the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Siddaramaiah cited severe summer situation prevailing in the northern districts of Karnataka.
MB Patil to handle large & medium industries portfolio.
Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 24 ministers.
The Karnataka government can have 34 ministers. Ten of them, including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar, were sworn in on May 20.
Why was there no place for a youngster or a woman in the cabinet sworn in on May 20? Having received overwhelming support from young people, and reached out massively to women voters, why didn’t these two constituencies not find a pride of place in the starting Congress line-up?